yes we had a lot of fun on our trip
The bike is a Kawasaki KLR 650 from 1987.

I also read many stories that you have to pay a lot money for tunnel und entry. The pay station for the tunnel was empty, so we didn&#8217;t have to pay anything. For the Northcap we paid 20&#8364; per student. I think it were 30&#8364; for &#8220;normal&#8221; people. After you paid you have a stay permit for 48 hours and you are allowed to camp there.

Da hauts da ja den beidl aufd seitn! Great trip, great report! Funny enough.. I am planning on doing almost exactly the same trip - 2 up to the North Kapp via the Baltic states, on a '90 Yamaha XTZ 750. So I feel very much encouraged by your report, seeing that it is absolutely doable. It seems that the most 'offroad' you had to go were some gravel roads, or did I miss anything there? Because that's all the offroading I would want to do when riding with a passenger. How did you get food, how expensive is it? Did you go to restaurants, supermarkets? More wild camping than regular campsites? Can't wait to see more pictures. Great video, btw! Greetings from Vienna, sewarion

Hi,
you definitely need time for this trip. More Time = More Fun = More Adventure
To the Roads: In Poland some of them were not so good. In Skandinavia you have the choice: Either you drive the hole time on normal street or on gravel roads How you like ...
At the Baltic states you can eat out in restaurants because its cheap and tasty. But in Skandinavia its quite expensive! Especially in Norway. Gas over 2/L and food was very expensive - even in the supermarket! The "rema 1000" supermarket was the cheapest one. But if you want to go to a restaurant its heavy, for example: one pizza for ONLY 20 In Finnland you have to go to the ABC Gasstation. Sounds strange but eating there is cheap and tasty - all you can eat buffet for 9,60 :)
Camping was great. Good Tent = dry = happy :) campingprices between 9 (Poland) an 30 for 2people with one tent. If you stay longer there buy the campingcard:) wildcamping = no shower only cold rivers and lakes :) but definitely possible and no problem.
You need a kredit card, very important! helpful for some gasstations...
I hope we could help you. If you have more questions or need some more tipps, give it here! :)

Thank you very much for the details on costs. I know it will be bad, but that sounds a little bit disencouraging. On the other hand, I am planning on doing wild camping for most of the time (have no problems with river showers ) so that would help saving a lot of money in turn.

Still there is a lot of planning to do, but also a lot of time as we think about starting around June. Late enough for moderate climate and polar nights, early enough - hopefully - for avoiding the real big tourist crowds, and the mosquitos. I was thinking about 4-6 weeks, so the fact that you two did it in 5 is very much encouraging. Did you stay longer in certain places, or did you do it more 'rhythmically'?

Just two more things.. First, what you said about gravel roads and the possibility to choose sounds great. Which maps did you use to navigate, in particular when it came to gravel roads? (or did you go for good fortune and gut-feeling?) And second, what can you say about the differences between Finland, Sweden and Norway, regarding costs/money and roads/nature?

most time we drove further every day, apart from the cities and the Lofoten, there we stayed each 2 days.
For the planning beforehand we used normal maps from ADAC. We took them always with us in the tankrucksack (is it the same in English than in German??:huh) for a rough orientation. And of course we used a navi :) Thats enough.
I think in Sweden it was more reasonable than in Finnland and Norway. The prices in Finnland were a bit higher than in Germany. And Norway was unbelievable expensive!!! And alcohol is all over there expensive, as well as gas.
The roads in Finnland and Sweden were good and in Norway there were only bad at the beginning. Sometimes there were longer roadworks, which were proper gravelroads for almost 30 kilometers.
Nature was sometimes quiet different but always wonderful. Every country had some highlights like the Trollstigen in Norway for example and all the Fjords!

By the way: we saw the first reindeers at the middle of Finnland  wonderful creatures!! But keep your eyes open and take care.